176 LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 



Genus MONECPHORA, Cat. Horn. 674. 



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MONECPHORA NOTATA. 



SpheDorhina notata, Cat. Horn. 689. 



MONECPHORA POSTICATA. 



Monecphora postieata, Stal, Kongb. Vet. Akad. Handl. 1855, 192, 

 Brazil. 



J MONECPHORA XAXTHOCEPHALA. 



Nigra ; caput luteum, vertice facieque nigrin ; alec anticce apud 

 costam convexce, apice subtruncatce ; posticce cinereo-vitrecz, 

 fmcescente marginatce. 



Black. Head luteous, black between the eyes and towards the 

 rostrum. Scutellum rather long. Fore wings convex along the 

 costa, somewhat truncated obliquely at the tips. Hind wings 

 grayish vitreous, brownish at the tips and along the hind border. 

 Length of the body 3| lines; of the wings 10 lines. 



a. Napo River, South America. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



MONECPHORA INFERENS. 



Nigra, tomentosa; caput, coxa et genua postica rufa; prothorax 

 fascia pallida subobsolela ; alee anticce fasciis duabus testaceis 

 incompletis perangustis ; posticce fuscescente-vitrece. 



Black, tomentose. Head towards the rostrum, coxae and hind 

 knees red. Prothorax with an almost obsolete pale band. Fore 

 wings w r ith two very narrow testaceous bands, the interior one 

 especially incomplete. Hind wings brownish vitreous. This spe- 

 cies very closely resembles ~M. neglecta, and may be a local variety 

 of it, but the latter may be distinguished by its red abdomen 

 and legs, and by the fore wings in which the interior band is much 

 more complete than the exterior one. Length of the body 3 lines ; 

 of the wings 6 lines. 



a. Mexico. From M. Salle's collection. 



